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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Investigate Sources to Look for Answers

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Students will practice locating and investigating resources to answer questions on a topic using the FINDS research process. FINDS is an acronym describing its five-step research process: Focus, Investigate, Note, Develop, and Score. A...
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Butterfly Bush Visitors

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
In this lesson, the children learn about how critters depend on the butterfly bush and how the butterfly bush, in turn, depends on it. Common Core writing skills are integrated as they take it to the next step, and create their own page...
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Lesson Plan
CPALMS

Cpalms: Home Is Where the Heart Is: Researching Habitats

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will learn about different types of habitats as they gather information based on provided research questions. Students will summarize the information from their research in an...
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Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Choosing a Topic

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides information related to writing a research paper. This guide explains to choose an appropriate research paper topic.
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Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Genre and the Research Paper

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides information related to writing a research paper. This guide explains to choose an appropriate research paper topic.
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Unit Plan
Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Researching With Reliable Web Sources

For Students 10th Standards
A module to learn essential skills needed to research a topic.
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Unit Plan
Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Research Simulation Task

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Engage in a research process by analyzing a variety of print and non-print texts on the subject of bullying, identifying evidence regarding the topic, and using this new information to respond to questions about the text and the topic.
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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic History Mystery

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Students will choose from a variety of concepts and can play a game to enhance their learning.
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Article
Scholastic

Scholastic Instructor: Building Research Skills 2 3

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Check out this site to learn more about building research skills for grades 2-3. This site offers suggestions for activities that will sharpen your abilities.
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PPT
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Credibility Appeals

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this Boundless Communication, students will learn about the importance of credibility in public speaking. There are four sections: defining credibility, types and elements of credibility, building credibility, and ethical usage....
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Graphic
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: K Plus (Spanish) [Pdf]

For Students 5th - 9th Standards
Translated into Spanish, this graphic organizer can be used by student to collect facts about a topic. Students will collect information but record the "gold standard" of facts only.
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Graphic
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: Share Knowledge: Fact Bank [Pdf]

For Students 5th - 9th Standards
This graphic organizer can be used to collect facts during a research task prior to writing about the topic or sharing what was learned in a discussion. Students will place facts in the boxes and then number the facts, according to the...
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Graphic
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Compartir Saber: Banco De Hechos [Pdf]

For Students 5th - 9th
This graphic organizer, written in Spanish, can be used to collect facts during a research task. Students will place facts in the boxes and then number the facts, according to the level of importance.
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Activity
University of Sydney (Australia)

The Write Site: Practice: Constructing a Working Thesis

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this interactive lesson, students will refer to a synthesis grid to determine the "best" thesis to use when answering a business management question.
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Lesson Plan
Broward Education Foundation

Broward Education Foundation: Project Living History [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Inquiry research is self-directed and project-based on the grade-level curriculum. Students begin an area of inquiry research becoming a critical historian. Focusing on research writing involves reading and a digital search on Destiny...
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Lesson Plan
Broward Education Foundation

Broward Education Foundation: Pen Pals Around the World [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students improve skills in all subjects and connect with other students while learning about another country. The students began by researching our country. The students chose which topic they wanted to present in our video. During our...
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Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Organization and Development

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A list of five focuses in the areas of organization and development. Links to each focus area are provided.
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Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Research and Documentation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An explanation of the importance of research and documentation and links to specific information for each.
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Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Research

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A list of the six steps of the research process with links to more information on each.
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Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Pre Printing Check

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A list of items to check before printing a final copy.
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Graphic
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: I Search Chart

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A printable inquiry search graphic organizer to help students organize questions and sub questions while working through the research process. Directions on how to use this type of graphic organize as well as lists of teaching ideas and...
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Professional Doc
Other

School Library Services: For Teachers: Research Assignments

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
This simple page does a good job of articulating why research is an important process to teach to students, and it also provides a number of resources for teachers planning to do this.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Research Building Blocks: "Cite Those Sources!"

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for two lessons about the research process. Students discuss plagiarism, practice paraphrasing, and cite sources. In addition to objectives and standards, these instructional plans contain links to sites used in the...
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Research Questions: A Focus for Planning, Researching, and Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Sophia video lesson introduces how to develop good questions for a research paper. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.8; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.7 Conduct short research projects. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.7 standards are addressed in...